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1998 was definitely a year for the books and made a lasting impression on our modern history. For starters, Google was born, as Seinfeld came to an end. Other “births” included the first iMac and the dawn of MP3 players. It was also a simpler time when it was easier to impeach presidents. Who can forget […]

2008, the year when Obama won the Presidency, the stock market crashed, and the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 17-14 at Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium MVP. Obviously, none of that has anything to do with music or metal but, for those who do remember what happened one […]

For a while now, we’ve been recapping the year in metal by looking at some of the most surprising, sad, ridiculous or generally WTF moments that have taken place over the prior 12 months. With things like Tim Lambesis’ and Randy Blythe’s brushes with the law, Baroness’ near-fatal bus crash and Lostprophets Ian Watkins being […]

Here we are, prematurely wrapping up the dumpster fire that was 2017 and looking optimistically towards the nuclear irradiated fires of 2018. While it’s certainly been interesting in terms of world events, at least there has been a lot of good music released along the way. Having taken up writing New & Noteworthy (shameless self […]

What a year, amirite? Between the suicides of beloved 90’s and ’00s singers, the jarring difference between our last and current leader of the country, and the just-passed news of net neutrality ending, it’s been a rough year. Fortunately, as always, there’s always music to seek solace in, and this year was a pretty good […]

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Today saw the daily lineup of Rock On The Range announced to the masses. Taking place this upcoming May 18th, 19th, and 20th, at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio this year’s festival will host nearly 60 bands over 3 stages led by Tool, Avenged Sevenfold and Alice In Chains. The daily lineup as of today […]

L.A. prog rock outfit Sifting has announced that they will be direct support for the eight East Coast dates of the Sons of Apollo tour. Guitarist Richard Garcia expresses his excitement for the upcoming tour: “It’s a huge honor to tour with Sons of Apollo. We’ve been listening to the music these guys have been […]

Lima, Peru blackened death metal band Two Face Sinner have signed with Extreme Management Group, who also manager Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Misery Index and more. The band are currently working on a new album.

KISS have announced they will be performing three shows in Spain, Barcelona rock festival in Catalonia on July 7th, the Wizink Centre in Barcelona on July 8th and the Resurrection festival in Vivero on July 14th. Resurrection Fest stated on their website that they are “hugely proud to announce that one of the biggest rock bands […]

On September 24th, Vicky Cornell will receive a human rights award from LA Chefs for Human Rights at a fundraising dinner. His award will be for “The Promise,” the song he wrote for the film of the same name about the Armenian Genocide. You can read more about that here.